Angie & Jim

Resultsby Jim

I just spoke with Dr. Perry and he told me how things went.  He said that generally, things went very well.  He said they didn’t find or repair any shunts.  He also said the pressures in her heart were back to normal, and in fact, in one of the chambers was unusually low.  I suppose that the fact that there are no shunts is good news, but the fact that they aren’t sure what is going on is a little discouraging.  Dr. Perry said that he thinks it is possible that the low pressures in her heart may be a sign that her blood pressure is dropping drastically when she gets up.  He does make a good point, since if there were a shunt, sitting up shouldn’t really make much of a difference.  He thinks that her body is just so weak from having the fluids drained and not eating or drinking as well and being on medicine to lose fluids so that when she stands, her blood pressure plummets, which would also make her saturation levels plummet.  Her blood pressure has been lower than usual over the last few days, so that would fit the symptoms.  We’ve never measured her blood pressure while sitting up.  Maybe we should.  Dr. Perry thinks that her lung could have been partially collapsed for a long time and that it takes time for the lung to bounce back and start working again.

Anyway, we’re not out of the woods yet.  Thank you for reading and praying for us today.